Paper box.



No. 664,588. Patented Dec 25, 1900 E. M. scan. PAPER Box.

(Application filed July 6, 1900.)

(No llodol.)

WITNESSES: I'NVENTOR Q "ATTORNE Q U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EBEN'M. SCOTT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THEL WARNER BROTHERS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,588, dated December 25, 1900.

Application filed Tuly' 6, 1900. Serial No. 22,678. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EBEN M. Scorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Paper Boxes, of which the following is a fu1l,clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of paper boxes wherein a paper box or tray is placed within a generally rectangular-shaped cover open at each end, usually called a tube; and it consists in providing means whereby the inclosed box or tray may be guarded against accidental displacement and still be subject to ready inspection or removal. Such a box has long been desired for sending small articles through the mails and for other purposes where a positive looking of the tray is desired.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a paper box provided with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts:

throughout both views.

1 represents the box or tray adapted to be slid into or placed within the tubular cover 2, and 3 represents the locking part which constitutes my invention. The locking part 3 is so scored that it is provided with a central division 4, adapted to extend lengthwise across the tubular cover 2, end divisions 5 5, adapted to extend across the ends of tray 1, and flaps 6 6, adapted to be tucked in between tray 1 and the cover 2.

The operation of my device is as follows: The tray 1 having been placed within tube 2, one of the flaps 6 is inserted between the tray and the cover, and the locking part 3 is then folded over the cover and across the ends of the tray, the other flap 6 being inserted between the tray and the cover on the side op posite the first insertion. By this means the tray is held. securely within the cover; yet by disengaging one of the flaps 6 the tray may be readily removed. It is obvious that one of the flaps 6 may be permanently attached to either the cover or the tray, leaving the other end free, and I do not desire to limit myself to either arrangement described.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a paper box, the combination of a tray and a tubular cover adapted to receive the same, with a locking part adapted to be folded over the cover and across the ends of the tray, said locking part being provided with flaps adapted for insertion between the tray and the cover, substantially as described.

2. In a paper box, the combination of a tray and a tubular cover adapted to receive the same, with a locking part adapted to be folded over the cover and across the ends of the tray, said locking part being provided with flaps adapted for insertion between the tray and the cover, one of said flaps being permanently attached to the tray, substantially as described.

3. In a paper box, the combination of a tray and a tubular cover adapted to receive the same, with a locking part adapted to be folded over the cover and across the ends of the tray, said locking part being provided with flaps adapted for insertion between the tray and the cover, one of said flaps being permanently attached to the cover, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

EBEN M. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

- F. S. ANDREWS,

M. M. WHEATON. 

